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SpaceX Starship SN10 High Altitude Test Flight and Analysis! Stuck the landing! [EDITED STREAM]

🕑 Added 2021-03-04 16:10:32 +0000 UTC

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I think they just have more work to do. They are a long way away from landing, refueling and taking off a few hours later

Musk is in big trouble now.

We have two malfunctions, I think. Yes, that second engine didn't look healthy on the way up. It was fuel rich, or what's worse, there may have been a methane leak in the bell that was turning the flame yellow. When the engines fired up and shut down for the landing there was a lot of yellow flame. Engine shutdowns always produce puffs of yellow flame, but this was persistent and grew, we can see it on one side of the exterior. So perhaps that engine did have a methane leak and and that fire remained - SN10 was in trouble even before touchdown. Several landing legs definitely failed to deploy properly, so SN10 may have had two malfunctions. And the hard landing certainly didn't help, a further tank leak could have occurred. It's even possible the engine bay fire caused the landing leg problem - we don't really know how they deploy and stay in place, except the initial drop down is by gravity.

Hovering on a single Raptor is like balancing a broom on the tip of your finger! Elon challenge: better legs and fire suppression. RIP SN10. Great coverage Felix.